Kamaru Usman on Expensive Pain: Nigerian Nightmare intensifies preparation for Joaquin Buckley Fight

Kamaru Usman on Expensive Pain: Nigerian Nightmare intensifies preparation for Joaquin Buckley Fight

Nigerian Nightmare Kamaru Usman calls preparation for the Joaquin Buckley fight "the expensive pain" ahead of his return to the octagon.

There’s no love lost between former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and the division’s current king, Belal Muhammad. The feud between Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) and Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) has been brewing for quite some time, with the two repeatedly trading blows in interviews and online. Tensions reportedly came to a head during Muhammad’s appearance on Pound 4 Pound, the podcast Usman co-hosts with Henry Cejudo. While neither par…

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Ian Machado Garry says that the UFC welterweight division is a young man’s domain. The Irishman, who is in Montreal this week to serve as the backup fighter to the UFC 315 170-pound title fight between Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena, rebounded from his first career loss to Shavkat Rakhmonov late last year by handing Carlos Prates his first UFC defeat in Kansas City less than two weeks ago. And as he continues his ascent up the welterwei…